Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army served as the armed forces of the Japanese Empire from 1871 until the end of World War II and Japan's army in 1945. Founded in the aftermath of the Boshin War, the IJA had their first foreign war in the First Sino-Japanese War of 1896, and they proceeded to fight in the Boxer Rebellion of 1899, the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1906, World War I in 1916-1918, the Russian Civil War in 1918-1923, the Occupation of Manchuria in 1933, the First Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945, and World War II. After the eventual defeat in China and the Pacific, Japan was forced to surrender and the Imperial Army was disbanded.